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Howard University Quantum Express
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“People can’t do what they can’t imagine”. The QuantumExpress is about expanding the scientific imagination of people from K to Gray. The QuantumExpress is a mobile science theme park exhibiting some of the latest science and technology at the nano dimension in a variety of disciplines. The NanoExpress is part of a major campaign designed to provide information on the current state of research and development in nanotechnology. It also aims to promote the dialogue between the world of science and the general public. What is nanotechnology? The study and applications of things or structures that are less than one hundred nanometers (1 nanometer = 10-9 meters or one-billionth of a meter) in size.  Essentially this is the study of the “super small” (length scale comparisons: diameter of human hair ~ 100 µm or 100,000 nm).

Introduced in the summer of 2006, the QuantumExpress is a mobile laboratory launched through the Howard University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility (HNF), The QuantumExpress presents the complex, fascinating world of quantum materials to the general public from K-Grey. The campaign was designed to provide information and training on the current state of research and development potential in nanotechnology. It also aims to promote the dialogue between the world of science and the general public.

The QuantumExpress is a mobile van with  208 square feet of lab space designed to facilitate hands-on experiments, but is also capable of doing quantum technologies  research. Undergraduate and graduate lab assistants help supervise experiments. The youngest visitor to date has been two weeks old and our oldest visitor has been 92. Experimental areas include: Introduction to Passive Nanoparticles, Introduction to Self Assembly, Introduction to Micro and Nanofabrication, “Chips are for Kids”, Instruments for NanoScience, Shape Memory Alloys and Soft Lithography.

We have a full schedule of events that include training, visits to elementary, junior middle, and senior high schools, national conferences,  senior civilian civic clubs, Boy and Girls Scouts meetings, Lego Clubs, etc. The QuantumExpress is also used by several advance level college courses.    

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     PI: Robert
   Westervelt
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     Co-PI 
 Tina Brower-Thomas,
Kim Jones
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          Co-PI 
          Raymond Ashoori
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      Co-PI 
      Carol Lynn      ......Alpert
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Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation


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    • Events >
      • FQMD 2022
      • Site Visit 2022
      • 2021 Annual Meeting
      • 2020 STC Directors Meeting
      • 2020 Tohoku Workshop
      • 2019 Annual Meeting
      • FQMD 2019 Frontiers in Quantum Materials and Devices
      • Quantum Matters Competition >
        • Quantum Matters Competition 2019
        • Quantum Matters Competition 2018
      • 2018 Annual Meeting
      • 2017 Annual Meeting
      • FQMD 2018 Frontiers in Quantum Materials and Devices
      • FQMD 2017 Frontiers in Quantum Materials and Devices
      • Retreat 2016 >
        • Retreat General Info
        • Registration Retreat 2016
      • Frontiers in Quantum Materials and Devices Workshop 2016
      • Frontiers in Quantum Materials and Devices Workshop 2015 >
        • FQMD General Information
        • Registration
      • Annual Meeting 2016 >
        • 2016 General Info/Agenda
        • Micro-presentations Abstracts
        • Undergraduate Poster Abstracts
      • Annual Meeting 2015 >
        • 2015 Agenda
        • General Info / Logistics
        • Poster Formatting
        • 2015 Poster Abstracts
        • 2015 Micro-Presentation Abstracts
      • Annual Meeting 2014 >
        • 2014 General Info / Agenda
        • Micro-Presntation Abstracts
        • Poster Abstracts
        • Images
    • Highlights
  • Online Community
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    • OC-Calendar
    • Online Courses/Workshops
    • Professional Development
    • Fun Activities
  • Education
    • Overview
    • Summer School
    • Academic Year Internships
    • Course Modules
    • Museum of Science, Boston >
      • Overview
      • Live Presentations and Events
      • Educational Resources and Media
      • Science Communication Workshops and Internships
      • Sharing Science Workshop & Practicum
      • David Macaulay Studio
    • Ethics Training
    • Quantum Express
  • Research
    • Overview
    • Research Areas
    • Seminars >
      • Quantum Materials and Devices Seminar
      • BACON+ Seminar
      • Research Exchange Seminar
    • Publications
    • Facilities
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    • Industry Partners
    • iLab
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